Irish riders and Irish Sport Horses enjoy successful weekend in North America

Co Down’s Conor Swail continued his superb run of form when taking runner-up spot in Sunday’s $230,000 Adequan Grand Prix at the five-star fixture in Thermal, California USA. Riding the Sandy Lupton-owed gelding Count Me In, Swail finished five hundredths of a second behind Brazilian winner Cassio Rivetti with Alanine De Vains. Galway’s Andrew Bourns and The Irish Sport Horse Sea Topblue were also among the nine combinations that made it into the jump-off and took fifth place at the finish. Speaking about the jump-off, Swail said: “Cassio was first in and had a blazing round. His horse is very fast and I nearly didn’t watch anything else after that if I am being honest. I knew it was going to be hard to beat him. My horse was fantastic and we are in a newer relationship. We haven’t done a ton of classes yet together and this is only […]